24c Brown Lilac (70a). Vertical pair, used with 5c Brown (76), tied by three light strikes of "flower bud" fancy cancel, red "N.York Br. Pkt. Paid Aug. 20" (1864) circular datestamp on buff cover to Francis Hall, Kanagawa, Japan, via Shanghai, China, addressed care of Russell & Co. with sender's directive "Via Marseilles", magenta manuscript "32" credit, red London Paid datestamp (Sep. 1), red crayon "1" British Colonial credit, blue "Hong-Kong C OC 26 64" and blue "Shanghae C NO 1 64" British P.O. backstamps, Very Fine, an attractive cover franked at the 53c rate to Japan via Marseilles, from the Magnolia collection

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